News & Events
A collection of CGIAR featured news and upcoming events
Featured news
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Good Nutrition is Crucial for the Coronavirus Vaccine to Work Effectively
26.11.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Vaccines are harder to deliver and potentially less effective at stimulating an immune response in…
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New Study: CGIAR Innovations Reach Nearly 80 Percent of Ethiopia’s Rural Households
09.11.20An independent study published last month has documented the extensive reach of CGIAR-related agricu…
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How to ensure access to healthy diets for all: a clarion call for One CGIAR
30.10.20-
Nutrition
Guest blog by Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) At …
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Are Food Systems ‘Broken’ – or Just Out of Sync?
16.10.20Our food systems are not broken; they are out of sync with what we need…
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CGIAR Research Pays Off: New Report Finds 10 Times Return on Investment
16.10.20Investments in CGIAR research generate returns of 10 times the amount invested, a new report…
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Ending Global Hunger Need Not Cost the Earth – If We Invest Now
15.10.20This year should have been a milestone for global climate action, setting out the road…
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Upcoming events
Now until 29 Dec. 2020
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01.12.20
Virtual Event - The New Nutrition Reality: Time to Recognize and Tackle the Double Burden of Malnutrition!
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01.12.20
UN Food Systems Summit Action Track 4: Advance Equitable Livelihoods - Public Forum
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03.12.20 > 04.12.20
Ocean Panel Global Launch & National Events
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09.12.20
The Big Fish Series - Alternative Seafood: A sustainable food future?
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News from the Centers and Programs
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Q&A: CGIAR investment has generated returns of 10 times the amount invested
26.11.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Working with national agricultural research centers (NARS), CGIAR centers, including the Internation…
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Success despite Covid: Hope from a Water Users Association in Central Myanmar
26.11.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The impact Covid-19 has had on farmers has been devastating. Harvest delays due to mobility…
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Landmark study generates genomic atlas for global wheat improvement
25.11.20-
Genomics
In a landmark discovery for global wheat production, an international team led by the University…
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Press release: Landmark study generates genomic atlas for global wheat improvement
25.11.20-
Climate
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Genomics
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada), November 25, 2020. In a landmark discovery for global wheat produc…
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USAID Global Waters: Strengthening Drought Monitoring Across the Middle East and North Africa
25.11.20-
Climate
Despite the troublesome outlook, an innovative initiative launched in mid-2018 is increasing the cap…
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“CIMMYT is at my heart”
24.11.20After a 37-year career, Hans-Joachim Braun is retiring from the International Maize and Wheat Improv…
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